Lower Woods
Lower Woods is one of the largest ancient woodland in the south-west, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Areas of grazed common land and wide grassy pathways known as ‘trenches’…
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Conservation Grazing at Lower Woods
We’ve partnered with Grundon to carry out conservation grazing in Lower Woods nature reserve, one of the largest semi natural ancient sites in the south-west. The project aims to introduce small numbers of cattle to help create a woodland that is structurally diverse and rich in nature.
The Lower Woods Green Route
There’s no question that Gloucestershire is a beautiful county, with even simple car journeys revealing beautiful views and rich landscapes.
Yet there’s even more to behold for those…
Chicken of the woods
Chicken of the woods is a sulphur-yellow bracket fungus of trees in woods, parks and gardens. It can often be found in tiered clusters on oak, but also likes beech, chestnut, cherry and even yew…
Lower Woods nature reserve to be part of Ancient Canopy to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Lowers Woods nature reserve has been chosen as part of a nationwide network of ancient woodlands or trees to be dedicated to The Queen in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee.
Dead Wood Society
Dead Wood Society aims to restore deadwood habitats across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. This is part of the broader Severn Treescapes project creating a 60-mile woodland corridor between the Lower Wye and the Wyre, for wildlife to thrive.
Ecosystems: Bringing our woods back into balance
Ecosystems are out of balance and bringing pine martens back into our woods is just one way we can realign that natural balance.
Wood warbler
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
Beech and yew wood
Soaring beech trunks and a feeling of spaciousness mean that these woods have often been likened to cathedrals. Dense shade means that little grows on the thick layer of fallen leaves underfoot,…
Atlantic oak wood
These are the atmospheric oak woods of the Celtic upland fringes, where the mild, moist oceanic climate allows luxurious mats of mosses to carpet the rocky ground and creep up gnarled trunks,…
Wood spurge
As its name suggests, Wood spurge is found in woodlands. It is an attractive evergreen that displays cup-shaped, green flowers in clusters and dark green leaves.
Wood forget-me-not
Look for the pretty, azure-blue flowers of Wood forget-me-not along woodland rides and hedgerows, and in ancient and wet woodlands. Varieties of this flower for the garden are very popular.